Mad Dogs @ 162

Pach,

Does Scoots look like he is an active participant in the jury selection process or merely hangin’ wit da homies?

I’m told he’s taking furious notes. He’s off camera.

Apprentice 2?

The questioning goes either way. Being questioned is not a pleasant thing in a court room. I’m not sure defense is making a lot of friends with their approach to voir dire, because these people, some of them, will be on the jury. Jeffress and Wells are very capable, but not precisely endearing.

This goes to my question. Is there any sense that the tenor of voir dire from either side is having an effect on the jurors that are not kicked? Any change in the atmosphere when either counsel begins questioning a potential juror?

Adie @
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SharonRB @ 234

For anyone in DC, we are having a DemocraticUnderground meetup at the Hawk & Dove next Friday night before the march the next day. We are working on setting up a book signing there for emptywheel and her book. Feel free to join us. We have reserved their downstairs Alley Bar from at least 7-10, probably longer.

Ooh, sounds great! This is Friday, the 26th, right? I can’t make the march, unfortunately, but I’d love to get the book (and meet Marcy!)

Yes, the 26th — a week from tomorrow.

Jeebus, this next 20ish woman is a non-political reporter at WaPo. She stated up front she does not think she could be fair, since she’d want to go fact checking with her reportorial contacts what she hears in court. “I’m a journalist. I’m a gossip. That’s what we do!,” she told Walton.

I wonder if she’s one of WaPo’s gossip reporters — Reliable Source or Celebratology (or whatever it’s called)…

SharonRB @ 234

Adie @ 227

Emptywheel. I can’t WAIT to get my copy, but I insist on walking in a store in person. If it’s not on display out front when I arrive, it WILL be by the time I leave *g*

Had to pull that gambit for Greenwald’s “How Would a Patriot Act.”

Related: When are books to be shipped to Borders & Barnes&Noble? Is it too early to go pester? ;->

For anyone in DC, we are having a DemocraticUnderground meetup at the Hawk & Dove next Friday night before the march the next day. We are working on setting up a book signing there for emptywheel and her book. Feel free to join us. We have reserved their downstairs Alley Bar from at least 7-10, probably longer.

PS: Does anyone have any info on Fitz’s previous behavior in picking jury’s? For example, during his prosecution of Chicago Governor Ryan, did he enage the jurors more during voir dire? Was he as laid back in that case as he appears to be here?

He didn’t prosecute the Ryan case himself. Patrick Collins was the lead prosecutor on it.

SharonRB @ 234

For anyone in DC, we are having a DemocraticUnderground meetup at the Hawk & Dove next Friday night before the march the next day. We are working on setting up a book signing there for emptywheel and her book. Feel free to join us. We have reserved their downstairs Alley Bar from at least 7-10, probably longer.

Ooh, sounds great! This is Friday, the 26th, right? I can’t make the march, unfortunately, but I’d love to get the book (and meet Marcy!)